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Measure: Stroke Hospitalization Rate
Indicator | Date of Most Recent Measure | Current Measure | Trend |
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Age-Adjusted Hospitalization Rate due to Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) | 2020 | 179.1 per 100,000 |
Stable |
Overview
- In 2020, there were just over 12,000 hospitalizations of Minnesotans for stroke, or a rate of 179 hospitalizations per 100,000 people.
- The total number of annual stroke hospitalizations has stayed relatively steady from 2005 through 2015, increased almost 2,000 from 2014 to 2019, and dropped significantly in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The lowest stroke hospitalization rate in Minnesota was in 2015; the rate has increased slightly through 2019, before dropping significantly in 2020.
- The long-term decline in stroke hospitalization rates is limited to adults ages 65 and older. Adults younger than 65 have experienced slight increases in hospitalization rates between 2005 and 2019. Young adults ages 18 to 44 continued to see hospitalization rates increase during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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